"Your Grace..."

The maids in Miaoyin Hall were shocked.

Hongjing shouted and did not know what to do.

Other eunuchs wanted to save Noble Concubine Hui. However, they did not dare to do that. They were afraid that the shiny hair pin close to Noble Concubine Hui's face would hurt her if they acted rashly.

Noble Concubine Hui suddenly widened her eyes, with her pupils getting small. One could see her panic through the eyes.

"B*tch... You're a b*tch! What the hell are you doing?" Noble Concubine Hui said.

Fearful and annoyed, she shouted at Gu Yunxi in a sharp voice.

Gu Yunxi smiled slightly, poking her face with the hair pin.

"Ah!" Noble Concubine Hui yelled.

After yelling, she shut up suddenly. She was afraid that if Gu Yunxi poked her face a little harder, her tender face would be injured.

"Your Grace, my name is Yunxi. You shouldn't call me b*tch."

Gu Yunxi frowned and pouted, pretending to be aggrieved.

The woman at the dressing table trembled with indignation and resentment.

She said, "What ... What do you want to do? Stop! My father is the Counselor-in-chief. He wields a lot of power and is valued by His Majesty. So, don't... Don't do that!"

Gu Yunxi replied, "What do I want to do? It depends on what you want to do to me."

Gu Yunxi said that coldly and slowly and wore a half-smile.

"You're the daughter of the counselor-in-chief and enjoys the high status. You should deal with things properly. I think you'll definitely treat others with tolerance."

Noble Concubine Hui was gloomy and angry, gritting her teeth.

Gu Yunxi straightened up, throwing away the hair pin and taking out a handkerchief to wipe the blood for her.

"It's just a slight wound on the scalp. It has stopped bleeding."

Gu Yunxi turned around and looked at others coldly.

She said flatly, "Please ask your maids out. I wanna talk to you alone. After I finish it, I'll leave."

"Well..."

Having done something wrong, Noble Concubine Hui hesitated to accept the advice.

Gu Yunxi turned around and sneered at her.

"Don't worry. I won't hurt you. You have high status. And I'm just a concubine with low status. Hurt you? I’m not that stupid."

Noble Concubine Hui gestured for others to go out.

"You go out."

Then, she stared at Gu Yunxi with anger.

"What do you wanna say? Speak up!"

Gu Yunxi approached the window, looking at the wild geese passing through the clouds in the clear sky.

"Your Grace, I don’t have much hope. I just wanna live peacefully in the imperial harem. I won't get you into trouble. You're now the highest-ranking Noble Concubine and have a prominent family background. You'll get the highest status in the imperial harem."

"Stop! Don't flatter me."

Noble Concubine Hui covered her wound with her hand and slowly stood up.

"Don't pretend to be sorry. You wanna live peacefully? I can't believe you. You injured Commandery Princess Jingle, but you refused to repent and held a banquet in your palace. If you hadn't been in poor health last night, you would have been bedded by His Majesty. And now you hurt me! You're a wild woman who has married before becoming a concubine. You should be grateful to be in the imperial harem and abide by the rules!"

"You're well-informed."

Gu Yunxi turned around and confronted Noble Concubine Hui.

Noble Concubine Hui thought Gu Yunxi would hurt her again. She was terrified, with the lips trembling. As she stepped backward, she stepped on the hem of her dress and then toppled.

Gu Yunxi sneered at her and walked slowly towards her. She slowly crouched down, staring at Noble Concubine Hui coldly.

"You and the other five concubines including Concubine Liang aren't satisfied with the truth that I become the concubine after I married others. And His Majesty likes me. So, you envy me."

"Your Grace, I was once in the imperial harem as the maid of the concubine of the last emperor. I knew how the concubines bullied others. If no one backs them, they won't dare to come to my palace and get me into trouble. They have sacked Jingyang Palace. If I'm weak and easy to be bullied, they'll manage to kill me in the future."

Noble Concubine Hui was in a panic. She was stunned, staring at Gu Yunxi.

"What ... What do you mean? Do you suspect me of... of asking the other five to bully you?"

Gu Yunxi straightened up, staring at Noble Concubine Hui who was shocked and uneasy.

"I don't mean that someone backs them is you. Why did you say that?"

"Damn it."

"Well. I have said all that I want to say," said Gu Yunxi, tilting her head and looking at Noble Concubine Hui who was stunned.

"You asked them to bully me, and I took revenge on you by hurting you when I helped you dressed up. Now, there's no conflict between us."

"I also wanna remind you that the other concubines are grounded. If I'm hurt because of you, you'll be punished and be asked to live in the remote and big Cold Palace for introspection."

As Gu Yunxi walked out of the bedroom leisurely, Noble Concubine Hui sobbed sadly behind the bead curtain.

Seeing that the maids rushed into the bedroom hurriedly, Gu Yunxi wore a smile and went out of the Miaoyin Hall briskly.

After Gu Yunxi's sedan passed by a fence, three people came out from behind the trees. They were Commandery Princess Jingle and her two maids.

Glancing at the honor guards of Jingyang Palace, Jingle spit towards the trees, with her hands resting on her hips.

"B*tch! You're sick, so you should stay in your palace to rest. Why do you wander around? Because of seeing you, I'm not happy when playing hide and seek."

The maid, Yuexin, pursed her lips and frowned.

"Your Highness, you should play games here as usual. Why do you hide from them? Are you afraid of Lady Yun?"

The maid read her mind. Jingle widened her eyes and flushed.

She said, "W... What? I'm not afraid of her. I... I just dislike her. She's a b*tch. Can’t you tell? Such a b*tch!"

Jingle waved her two tender hands quickly as if she smelled something bad. Then came a voice from the palace road.

"Your Highness, where are you?"

"Ah. It's the voice of Xi," said Jingle.

With the help of the maid, Commandery Princess Jingle jumped over the jade fence and onto the palace road.

"Xi, what are you shouting for? I just go out to play games. I have told Her Grace."

"Oh, Your Highness! I have been looking for you for a long time..."

The eunuch took off his hat with two hands, wiping the sweat off with his cuffs. He was breathless.

"I have something important to tell you so I specially came for you. Ninth Prince's wrong..."

Jingle shouted. She held the sleeves of the eunuch hurriedly.

"What happened to Ninth Uncle? Tell me! Did he make someone be in trouble after being drunk? Did he offend His Majesty, or did he quarrel with courtiers?"

"No. No!"

Xi shook his head quickly. After looking around, he approached Jingle, whispering in her ears.

Hearing what happened, she became angry. And then she was even angrier. Suddenly, she slapped the eunuch.

"What? Some women come to the Ninth Prince's Mansion!" said Jingle.

"Your Highness, please keep calm," said the eunuch, kneeling on the ground. He felt very aggrieved.

"I told you what happened. You didn't reward me. Instead, you slapped me."

Jingle was annoyed.

"Well, well... Stand up. I failed to control myself. I'll give you banknotes to reward you. Now, you, Yuexin and Xingmu follow me to go to Ninth Prince's Mansion."

—

In the capital. The Ninth Prince's Mansion.

Huanan He was drunk. He narrowed his red eyes, carelessly surveying the five young beauties.

The five young beauties were selected by the Ministry of Rites from the Palace. They were sent to the Ninth Prince to entertain him and to sleep with him.

Each of them was only 16 years old, wearing exquisite dresses, with graceful bodies and faces. Even if they did not wear a lot of makeup, they were beautiful enough to attract someone with a smile.

"Greetings, Your Highness," said they.

Seeing that Huanan He who had white hair and was in red clothes, they were not surprised with delicate faces. They were like puppets, without feelings, and always wore a charming smile.

Huanan He put his hands behind his back, giggling.

"Girls from the Palace are too beautiful."

He was attracted by them when surveying them. Huanan He hooked his finger to a girl in a blue dress with a tassel bun.

The girl gently walked towards him and then bent slightly. She said to him in a delicate voice.

"Your Highness."

Huanan He embraced this girl in public. He used his long index finger to open the girl's bodice and frivolously looked at her chest.

"Do you know me?"

Pinching the girl's chin with his two fingers, he looked at her flightily.

The girl felt pain but did not dare to lose her temper at will. Wearing a faint smile, she said in a husky voice.

"I know... know you. You're the Ninth Uncle of His Majesty. You're the King Xiaoyao, Huanan He."

"I have white hair. Are you afraid of me?"

The girl looked towards his hair and flattered him with a slight gasp.

"I'm not afraid of you. Your Highness, you are handsome. Even though you're different from ordinary people in terms of appearance, you must have some special advantages. Your Highness, I love you. I would like to entertain you."

"You're a good talker. Drinking, gambling, sleeping with women... Are these all advantages?"

The girl was shocked and had no idea what to say. She was pushed away by him and fell to the ground.

He took out a white handkerchief to wipe her fingers, sneering.

"I like the mouth. Take her out and gouge out her mouth!"

That girl cried and pleaded. The other four beauties watched helplessly as two armed guards dragged out the unconscious girl.